Mop holder



S. C. LAWLOR Feb. 22, 1938.

MOP HOLDER Filed Oct. 6, 1934 INVENT OR. 5/4150 6. LAW]. 0/? BY $4 ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MOP HOLDER Simeon G. Lawlor, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Eva E. Doerr, Chicago, 111.

Application October 6, 1934, Serial No. 747,144 1 Claim (01. 15-153) My invention relates in general to an improved Upon the cap 6 is mounted a locking sleeve l6 mop holder and more specifically to a novel arwhich may be moved downward after the ends rangement for adjusting the mop clamp to secure of wire I!) have been inserted in place as shown. the mop fabric therein. The inner surface of sleeve 16 has two grooves Among the objects of this invention is the which fit over wires 9 and 9' as shown in Fig. 2 5 arrangement of the co-acting parts of the mop to clamp said wires in the grooves. When sleeve holder so that the clamp may be entirely re- I6 is forced down over ends 9 it forms a secure moved from the wood handle after loosening the clamp and locks the frame H) rigidly in place. nut so that the fabric may be more easily re- In operation the wing nut l5 may be turned moved and inserted. Other features of novelty counterclockwise to force clamp ll toward frame 10 in the arrangement and design of the various l0 and loosened or turned clockwise to draw parts will be more apparent from a reading of clamp ll away from frame Ill. Then the whole the following detailed description. frame and clamp may be withdrawn from the Referring to the accompanying drawinghandle by raising the sleeve Hi to free the ends Fig. 1 is a front view of one form of my inthereof. After this is done the fabric may be 15 vention with the mop handle broken off and a readily insert between Clamp H and a e part of the metal head broken away to show the then pr in h p r h r n r ins rtin details of the mounting. them in the handle. After this the wing nut is Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken in the direction tighten d to force the Clamp tighter a st e 0 of the arrows on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. fabric and clamp it between clamp l I and frame Fig. 3 is a front view of a modified form of In. This construction enables the fabric to be my invention also having a part of the mounting removed and a new one inserted without turning cut away to show the relation of the various the wing nut a great distance and in fact permits. parts. almost complete dismantling of the parts. The

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken in the direction clamp ll may be entirely removed from the frame 25 of the arrows along line 4-4 of Fig. 3 with the ID after it is detached from the handle by merely frame removed to show the clamping nut and stretchin the Wire frame t0 allow O e O the related parts more fully. grooves to be removed from the wire.

Referring now to Fig. 1, there is the usual Fig. 3 shows a modified form wherein the hanwood handle 5 having a metal cap 6 riveted dle is rotatable to aid in tightening the fabric in 30 thereto as shown. On each side of cap 5 are a place. In this figure 2D is the usual wood handle. pair of slots 1 and 8 each extending part way 2| is a metal cal fitted v t e 6 d O e up the outside and having a pair of holes or handle 20 and having a shoulder 22 formed as openings extending inward at different points in a ring around it, and having a pair of extensions 5 each slot. These slots accommodate the ends on its lower end at 23 and 24 with flat inner sides such as 9 and 9' of the frame or wire HI which thus forming a slot into which the sides of a may be inserted in the slots with their downwing nut 25 fit. Mounted loosely on cap 2! is a wardly turned ends falling into the holes at the collar 26 which butts against shoulder 22 on one upper ends of the slots so that the wires lie side and is rotatable between that shoulder and practically flush with the outside of cap 6 or a a ring 21 which is riveted or pinned to cap 2!. 40 smaller frame may be used with holes 9 and 9 The same rivet or pin secures the cap 2| to the The slots 1 and B are grooves inside of ridges on wood handle. In the sides of collar 26 are a each side of cap 6 as shown in Fig. 2. pair of projections 28 and 29 having a hole drilled Inside the frame "I is mounted the cross piece completely thmugh the projections to receive the or mop clamp II which is formed of metal in backwardly bent ends of frame 3|] as shown. A the shape shown with grooves in the outside ends clamp 3|, the same as clamp ll, (Fig. 1) is also at I2 and I3 and extending all around the lower provided having a threaded stud 32 rigidly seend of the clamp and engaging the wire of the cured thereto instead of being secured to the frame 10. A part of one end of clamp H is handle as in Fig. 1 and the wing nut 25 threaded broken away to show the groove at i 2. A threadthereon. This arrangement enables the frame 39 50 ed stud I4 is rigidly secured to the handle and to be removed from the handle when nut 25 is through a hole in washer 4. The handle, cap loosened as in Fig. 1, except that as shown the and stud may all be held by a rivet. On stud nut 25 is prevented from rotation until the han- I4 is threaded a wing nut I5 for adjusting the dle is first rotated sufficient to turn nut 25 until clamp II. it is moved along the threads enough to with- 55 draw it from the slot formed by parts 23 and 24. For instance, in the position in which the parts are shown in Fig. 3 the clamp may be pushed closer to the cross wire of frame 30 and nut 25 win then slide out of the slot formed by shoulders 23 and 24. The nut 25 may be rotated on the thread by hand until it is loose enough so that the frame may be lifted until the bent ends may be slipped out of the holes in parts 28 and 29 and the Whole assembly removed from the handle. The mop fabric is then inserted between clamp 3| and frame 30 and the frame reinserted in the holes. After this the wing nut is turned until it is close to its slot. Then it is slipped into the slot and the handle may then be turned to further turn the nut 25 to clamp down the fabric tightly by forcing clamp 3! against it.

It is believed that this modified form provides a very novel and useful form of mop holder, combining the advantages of the Wing nut which is readily turned after the clamp has been loosened with the rotatable handle for turning the nut and thereby forcing the clamp down the last part of its clamping distance. It is believed that these two forms shown provide means whereby the frame and clamp are so designed that the wire frame may be readily removed from the handle in the type using an adjusting nut.

Having fully described the features and aspects of my invention, what I consider to be new will be pointed out in the appended claim.

What I claim is.

In a mop holder, a wood handle, a metal cap thereon having grooves on either side thereof terminating in openings therethrough, a wire frame having its ends turned inward registering with said openings and lying partly within said slots, a stud inserted in the end of said cap and supporting a clamp which cooperates with said frame to hold a mop fabric, and a sleeve having grooves registering with ends of the wire frame lying in the slots and slidable back and forth on H the handle to hold the wires in the slots or permit removal therefrom.

SIMEON C. LAWLOR. 

